Gendün Explained

Gendün is a Tibetan personal name meaning "sangha". Gendün is its spelling in the Tournadre and THDL Simplified transcription systems; it is also written Dge-'dun in Wylie transliteration, Gêdün in Tibetan pinyin, Gendun, Gedun or Gedhun. Its pronunciation in the Lhasa dialect is pronounced as /bo/.

Notable persons whose names include "Gendün" include:

• Gendun Drub, the 1st Dalai Lama
• Gendun Gyatso, the 2nd Dalai Lama
• Gedhun Choekyi Nyima, the 11th Panchen Lama according to Tibetan exile groups
• Gendun Chöphel, a monk, scholar, and political prisoner
• Gendun Rinpoche, a notable Karma Kagyu lama

See also

• Genden (disambiguation)